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Clearing
- verb -
- a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; "The check will clear within 2 business days"
- become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; "clear the water before it can be drunk"
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; "Clear the ship and let it dock"
- go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon"
- go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
- grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never
Cleating
- verb - provide with cleats; "cleat running shoes for better traction"
- secure on a cleat; "cleat a line"
Cleaving
- verb - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
- separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
- Sever
- Split
- To hew
Clepsine
- - A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.
Clerking
- verb - the activity of recording business transactions
- work as a clerk, as in the legal business
Coercing
- verb - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
Coextend
- - To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
Creaking
- verb - a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
- make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
Creaming
- verb - add cream to one's coffee, for example
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
- make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter"
- put on cream, as on one's face or body; "She creams her face every night"
- remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
Creasing
- verb - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
- make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
- scrape gently; "graze the skin"